Does anyone know how soft polymeric MEMS work on soft robots?

Bahador Zade @Bahador_Zade

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Which limitations of soft robots will improve by using soft polymeric mems in soft robots?

Oleg Nizhnik

If you mean electrostatic-actuated (PVDF or other) actuators, they have better efficiency at scales

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